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Type :article
Subject :L Education (General)
Main Author :Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh
Additional Authors :Melor Md Yunus
Vanitha Thambirajah
Nur Ehsan Mohd Said
Title :Teaching writing in the 21st century: an overview of theories and practices
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi
Year of Publication :2019
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
Rote memorisation and dependent teaching approaches are still common among ESL teachers teaching writing. The lack of practicability of creative approachesto violate the ‘spoon-feeding’ trend among students needs attention. This paper aims to provide an overview of theories and how these theories govern the ESL practices to teach writing creatively, using integrated strategies for weak ESL students, in order to enhance their essay writing skills. Teaching of writing creatively refers to three of the 21st Century teaching and learning skills. The three elements which are essential in the 21stCentury are: creativity (C1), collaboration (C2) and communication (C3). Therefore, this paper suggests that the teachers be exposed to the 21st century teaching skills and theories needed to teach writing. It is vital to prepare the nation’s workforce for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and high performance to set a benchmark among other countries by international standard, thus, avoid unemployment.

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